Dating customs in chile

December 12 is the fiesta of the country’s patron saint, Our Lady of Guadalupe.

For several weeks in January, the city of Morelia celebrates its fiesta of the Immaculate Conception, and on January 17 pets and livestock in many areas are festooned with flowers and ribbons for the fiesta of San Antonio Abad.

Daily life in Mexico varies dramatically according to socioeconomic level, gender, ethnicity and racial perceptions, regional characteristics, rural-versus-urban differences, and other social and cultural factors.

A Mayan peasant in the forests of the Yucatán leads an existence utterly different from that of a successful lawyer in Toluca or a lower-middle-class worker in Monterrey.

As in other countries, weddings are some of the more-lavish family-oriented events in Mexico, but many families also celebrate a young woman’s (15th-birthday party) with similar extravagance.

Partly as a consequence of women’s increasing engagement in work outside the home, particularly among the middle and upper classes, there is an increasing tendency to share domestic chores, including infant care, but among the lower classes “women’s work” still tends to be strictly circumscribed.

Many households, in both rural and urban areas, are inhabited by three or more generations because of the economic advantage (or necessity) of sharing a roof as well as traditionally close relationships.

Rice is another staple usually served side by side with beans.Further differences are exacerbated by the large number of Mexican expatriates in the United States who eventually return, either for short-term visits or permanently, and in turn import many “American” ways of life.Such differences give Mexico much of its character and colour, but they also present the country with stubborn challenges.Although many Mexicans have broken away from those molds, violence and discrimination against women remain major concerns.Moreover, most incidents of domestic violence go unreported and unpunished owing to prevailing social attitudes and a deep distrust of the justice system.